There may be a silver lining to the government shutdown after all.
Dissent is growing within the GOP as public anger mounts.
We analyzed the situation this morning in
“Showdown over shutdown could split Republican Party.”
A group of Republicans from safe districts wants a dysfunctional government and will pay no political price for it.
Some moderates are demanding Speaker Boehner stand up to the radical right.
The evidence was laid out in stark terms on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC on Tuesday evening.
Naming names and showing their pictures, Ms. Maddow explained it in the clearest of terms.
Maddow’s show was followed on Wednesday by a similarly themed – but significantly different – article in The New York Times "Staunch Group of Republicans Outflanks House Leaders."
If John Boehner decided he and his party have has had enough punishment, and he tells the radical right to go to hell, he risks losing his job.
This would be good news for everyone.
In the (K)now blog has all the details.